No Doubt post new video – then delete it due to racism claims [watch it here]

No Doubt came out after a decade of pause with a really good album (“Push and Shove”), but it’s a real roller coaster form them. The pop superstars posted and then immediately deleted a video of “Looking Hot” following numerous racist complaints. Many viewers complained it was offensive to Native Americans, trivializing their history and culture. Basically, the video looks like a game of Cowboys vs. Indians, and that’s the whole offensive thing. Here’s the…

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No Doubt – ‘Push and Shove’ 9/10 [review]

It’s been 11 years since their previous time, and damn I’ve missed them. Even Gwen Stefani seems surprised: “I can’t believe it / Has it really been this long?,” she asks, in one of the standouts of the album. If you’re a true fan, you should just stop reading this now and go get it; seriously, it’s some of the best work they’ve done. Even if Gwen married an Englishman, she’s still the American girl…

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No Doubt discuss favorite tracks on ‘Push and Shove’

Today was the big day for No Doubt fans across the world: their first album in over a decade was released. ‘Push and Shove’ hit the shelves on September 25 and having listened to it a couple of times, I can say it’s quite intriguing. I didn’t know exactly what to expect from them, maintaining the same style or a massive adaptation to the global changes in music… but it sounds good. It sounds damn…

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Next week in music: something for everybody

Let’s face it, 2012 wasn’t the best year in music, but still there’s been quite a few brilliant releases. So what can we expect for next week? Quite a lot, actually. Perhaps the most anticipated album is Green Day’s “Uno!”, the first of an announced trilogy, especially considering Billy Joe Armstrong’s recent voice problems. It will be the first of three albums in the ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tré! trilogy, a series of studio albums to be…

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